How do people rate 'I See Fire', out of interest? That's my favourite thing he's done (although I slightly prefer the Kygo remix to the original). Have liked all of his singles to varying degrees and I'm very happy he's getting his first #1 with 'Sing'.

 

 

I rate I see fire just behind sing/a-team so 3rd

Little Mix should be thankful that they've got BGT. "Salute" would have missed the top 30. It's really not done as well as it should have judging by its impressive airplay.

I'm not a big Ed Sheeran fan considering most of his output simply boring but I highly appreciate his originality and style that just stands out in today's generic music. "Sing" is a small crime in his CV due to teaming up with the bloody awful Pharrell but ultimately it's not his worst song. Shame only this sound could give him a number one though.

 

My ratings would be:

 

1. Give Me Love (brilliant!)

2. You Need Me, I Don't Need You

3. I See Fire

4. Drunk

5. Sing

6. The A Team

7. Lego House

8. Small Bump

1 Ed Sheeran - Sing 1.0000

2 Secondcity - I Wanna Feel (Radio Edit) 0.3346

 

How much does everybody think this could sell?

1 Ed Sheeran - Sing 1.0000

2 Secondcity - I Wanna Feel (Radio Edit) 0.3346

 

How much does everybody think this could sell?

 

I think Secondcity will probably drop to around 40k this week so based on that Ed will maybe be heading for 110-120k?

 

I'm kinda surprised Ed has built up *that* big a lead so quickly when it seemed like the pre-order was lagging up until the BGT performance, but considering how relatively little the #2 is selling it was to be expected I guess.

 

There is a live version of 'Sing' at #54 and the B-Side 'Friends' is at #56 also ~ There's also a remix slaying at #1,095.

1. You Need Me, I Don't Need You

 

2. Sing

3. Give Me Love

4. Lego House

5. The A Team

6. I See Fire

 

7. Drunk

 

8. Small Bump

 

Didn't really like I See Fire on the first few listens but it really is a grower! You Need Me... >>> though

Little Mix should be thankful that they've got BGT. "Salute" would have missed the top 30. It's really not done as well as it should have judging by its impressive airplay.

Its airplay really isn't all that impressive. It's only at 32 in the rolling 7-day chart and is barely being played by Capital (40 times in 30 days, so barely more than once a day). I'll give you that its TV exposure is stellar, though.

 

I will admit that it's not doing as well as I thought it would, but it don't see why everyone seems to think it's flopping horribly, when something like 'Birthday' is sitting only 7 places higher despite being the 5th most played song in the UK. Now I'd say that's an under-performance.

I'm not a big Ed Sheeran fan considering most of his output simply boring but I highly appreciate his originality and style that just stands out in today's generic music. "Sing" is a small crime in his CV due to teaming up with the bloody awful Pharrell but ultimately it's not his worst song. Shame only this sound could give him a number one though.

 

I'm not sure I agree with the part I've just bolded there. I suspect that if he'd released 'One' as the held-back, airplayed single and 'Sing' as the instant grat, he'd probably still have had a Number One just because now is the obvious time for him to have one.

I actually really like I See Fire, took me a while to do so but it's really quite epic and I love how it builds. Other than that, he's generally not my thing. I can appreciate Sing is a bit different for him, but idk, it stills feels a bit like a demo to me.

Little Mix should be thankful that they've got BGT. "Salute" would have missed the top 30. It's really not done as well as it should have judging by its impressive airplay.

They were supposed to be on This Morning on Thursday (?) But didn't appear due to the whole 1D smoking weed scandal (I'm assuming the label wanted to avoid any sort of questions so soon into the scandal).

Its airplay really isn't all that impressive. It's only at 32 in the rolling 7-day chart and is barely being played by Capital (40 times in 30 days, so barely more than once a day). I'll give you that its TV exposure is stellar, though.

 

Capital isn't the only radio station out there though. KISS have given it a decent amount of airtime.

Kworb Combined and Weighted Update - as per 1.7 hours ago

1 1.0000 Ed Sheeran - Sing

2 0.3995 Sam Smith - Stay With Me

3 0.3405 Secondcity - I Wanna Feel

4 0.2632 Mr. Probz - Waves

5 0.2222 Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down

6 0.2077 Klingande - Jubel

7 0.1903 Fuse ODG - Dangerous Love (feat. Sean Paul)

8 0.1797 John Legend - All of Me

9 0.1645 Lethal Bizzle - The Drop (feat. Cherri Voncelle)

10 0.1587 Calvin Harris - Summer

 

11 0.1323 Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This

12 0.1319 Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars

13 0.1249 Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good

14 0.1229 Idina Menzel - Let It Go

15 0.1212 Pharrell Williams - Happy

16 0.1188 Kiesza - Hideaway

17 0.1155 Jason Derulo - Wiggle (feat. Snoop Dogg)

18 0.1108 Ellie Goulding - Beating Heart

19 0.1058 Sigma - Nobody to Love

20 0.1026 Clean Bandit - Extraordinary (feat. Sharna Bass)

 

21 0.0895 Iggy Azalea - Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)

22 0.0765 Clean Bandit - Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

23 0.0760 Wilkinson - Half Light (feat. Tom Cane)

24 0.0712 Chris Brown - Loyal (feat. Lil Wayne & Tyga)

25 0.0701 Pharrell Williams - Marilyn Monroe

26 0.0691 Katy Perry - Birthday

27 0.0622 Twin Atlantic - Heart and Soul

28 0.0608 Tove Lo - Stay High (feat. Hippie Sabotage)

29 0.0529 Coldplay - Magic

30 0.0512 Pitbull - Wild Wild Love (feat. G.R.L.)

 

31 0.0510 Duke Dumont - I Got U (feat. Jax Jones)

32 0.0502 Kasabian - eez-eh

33 0.0501 Little Mix - Salute

34 0.0500 Ed Sheeran - One

35 0.0481 Lana Del Rey - West Coast

36 0.0438 Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn & Katie Lopez - Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

37 0.0425 Zedd - Clarity (feat. Foxes)

38 0.0423 R3hab, NERVO & Ummet Ozcan - Revolution

39 0.0406 DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down For What

40 0.0389 Shift K3Y - Touch

 

41 0.0381 Route 94 - My Love (feat. Jess Glynne)

42 0.0380 Katy Perry - Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)

43 0.0367 Justin Timberlake - Not a Bad Thing

44 0.0360 One Direction - You & I

45 0.0353 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

46 0.0349 Aloe Blacc - The Man

47 0.0329 Nicki Minaj - Pills N Potions

48 0.0317 Cash Cash - Take Me Home (feat. Bebe Rexha)

49 0.0300 Nero - Satisfy

50 0.0298 Sam Smith - Money On My Mind

 

51 0.0294 The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way

52 0.0278 The Vamps - Last Night

53 0.0278 Pitbull - Timber (feat. Ke$ha)

xx 0.0276 Ella Henderson - Ghost (pre-order)

54 0.0268 Ed Sheeran - Friends

55 0.0254 Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue

56 0.0253 Fat Joe - What's Luv? (feat. Ja-Rule & Ashanti)

xx 0.0253 Lana Del Rey - Shades of Cool (ineligible)

57 0.0232 5 Seconds of Summer - Good Girls

58 0.0228 David Guetta & Showtek - Bad (feat. Vassy)

59 0.0221 Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On

60 0.0217 Afrojack - Ten Feet Tall (feat. Wrabel)

 

61 0.0216 Enrique Iglesias - There Goes My Baby (feat. Flo Rida)

62 0.0193 Foxes - Holding Onto Heaven

63 0.0188 Beyoncé - Drunk in Love (feat. Jay Z)

64 0.0182 Katy Perry - Roar

65 0.0179 Vance Joy - Riptide

66 0.0176 John Mayer - XO

67 0.0168 Beyoncé - Listen

68 0.0167 Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You

69 0.0167 Lana Del Rey - Once Upon a Dream

70 0.0163 Idina Menzel & Kristen Bell - For the First Time in Forever

 

71 0.0161 Alex Clare - Just a Man

72 0.0160 Eminem - Headlights (feat. Nate Ruess)

73 0.0152 Avicii - Addicted To You

74 0.0146 Klangkarussell - Sonnentanz (Sun Don’t Shine) [feat. Will Heard]

75 0.0142 Train - Hey, Soul Sister

76 0.0140 Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss a Thing

77 0.0139 Avicii - Wake Me Up

78 0.0135 Avicii - Hey Brother

79 0.0135 Demi Lovato - Let It Go

80 0.0134 Bombay Bicycle Club - Feel

 

xx 0.0130 Ariana Grande - Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea) (pre-order)

81 0.0130 Foxes - Let Go for Tonight

82 0.0130 Imagine Dragons - Demons

83 0.0130 Kasabian - Fire

84 0.0127 David Guetta - Shot Me Down (feat. Skylar Grey)

85 0.0125 Birdy - Skinny Love

86 0.0125 Alicia Keys - It's On Again (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

87 0.0124 Kristen Bell & Santino Fontana - Love Is an Open Door

pre-order update

 

51. Ghost - Ella Henderson

93. Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea) - Ariana Grande

141. Gecko (Overdrive) [Radio Edit] - Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill

154. It's My Birthday (feat. Cody Wise) - will.i.am

183. Wasted (feat. Matthew Koma) - Tiësto

277. Here For You (feat. Laura Welsh) - Gorgon City

318. Don't Stop - 5 Seconds of Summer

346. Good Kisser - Usher

367. Chandelier - Sia

399. Budapest - George Ezra

499. Me and My Broken Heart - Rixton

569. Neon Lights - Demi Lovato

711. One Day (Vandaag) [Radio Edit] - Bakermat

814. Way We Are (feat. Melissa Steel) - Kove

862. Mmm Yeah (feat. Pitbull) - Austin Mahone

921. One More Day (Stay with Me) - Example

 

1014. That's Not Me (feat. JME) [Radio Edit Explicit] - Skepta

1069. Classic - MKTO

1360. Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz

Really afraid if Ella can get the #1 next week now.

So glad to see that Sing has stormed to number 1, Ed's best for me :wub:

 

1. Sing

2. Give Me Love

3. You Need Me, I Don't Need You

4. Lego House

5. The A Team

6. I See Fire

7. Drunk

8. Small Bump

Live iTunes Top 10

1 Ed Sheeran

Sing

 

What ees thees? <_<

 

Biggest surprise no.1 sinceee Westlife got there with something boring!

Live iTunes Top 10

1 Ed Sheeran

Sing

 

What ees thees? <_<

 

Biggest surprise no.1 sinceee Westlife got there with something boring!

It's not really, pre-orders indicated it will be very high on the charts.

 

And please if you're on the forum, learn to write proper English.

It's not really, pre-orders indicated it will be very high on the charts.

 

And please if you're on the forum, learn to write proper English.

 

Just because my English isn't beige doesn't mean it's not proper!

 

Huh? I haven't even heard the song! :lol:

kinda depressing that such a distinctly average track like sing can sail to no1 ~ shame ed couldn't have got there with something decent

 

looks like ella henderson might not be a guaranteed no1 after all then :o

Just because my English isn't beige doesn't mean it's not proper!

I meant no slang. thanks.